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NOT ONLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does not only mean?
• NOT ONLY (adverb)
The adverb NOT ONLY has 1 sense:
1. not merely (used to introduce the first phrase of a correlative construction and usually followed by 'but' or 'but also')
Familiarity information: NOT ONLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not merely (used to introduce the first phrase of a correlative construction and usually followed by 'but' or 'but also')
Context example:
not only was he poor, but...
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